[Conditions of life or intersectionality? Gerontology from a critical feminist perspective]

Using the conditions-of-life-approach through the lens of social politics and sociology, the categories of age(ing) and gender are viewed as structurally horizontal categories of society depicting socially constructed allocation criteria. Therefore, subjective perceptions of the conditions of life of particularly disadvantaged groups, such as elderly women or elderly women with a migration background, can be recorded as well. This article raises the question, if increasingly preferred concepts of intersectionality are positively contributing to gender research from a gerontological and feminist perspective.